Weaver

1. Henry Linn Weaver naturalizations from Clearfield Co. 1854?


2. Stanley Hamer Weaver military info. -- retired Major in U.S. Air Force


3. Martin Luther Weaver what king of minister? Break off of Lutheran church??? Napoleon St. Johnstown, PA (flood era)

DePodesta

1. Tabacchi in Cadore section of Italy or SudTyrol of Austria
2. Da Rin - preface to actual surname - often dropped away from Cadore section - Da Rin Puppel family from the river valley area

WPGS Test

Suzie, you can put the rough draft of the minutes here in the main body. We can send the word to all the BOD members that the minutes will be up in 5 days from the meeting. They then can then comment on the minutes. This would give everyone a chance to make comments and the final minutes would then be printed off for the Official Recording Sec. Book.

Making a blog is easy and the gmail account is easy to set up and use.

Try to add a comment to this and see how easy it is ...

We may have found a way to get it to everyone and not miss someone in the e-mail list.... It would not be the fault of anyone except the member who did not look!!!!

I will gladly set one up if you want to try and see how the members like it... let me know.

Last assignment

Thank you all for the 23 things program, it was educational and fun!!!

It would be a great service to Allegheny County Libraries if ACLA could keep the 23things blog up and use it to keep all of us updated on the "latest & greatest" technology. As something new comes to someones attention we could add it to the blog and let everyone know about it. Then if anyone knows anything about it they can add info. (or check U Tube for instructional videos) and post that along. Truly "Continuing Education" for the libraries.

I subscribe to the weekly newsletter Internet Tourbus. They are always talking about new things and the problems that have been "solved" on older things. Here is the url: http://internettourbus.com/ I hope you explore this site, it has up-to-date good information on software, gadgets, hardware and just plain neat stuff.
Once again, I loved the 23 things and would like to see it become a "continuing" practice.
Thank you,

Podcasts and streaming videos, week 11 -- Cool Beans!

I have added the podcast widget for Birds & Nature to the side-bar on this blog.

Have a listen, he is very interesting and his phone-in callers are wild...
Have you noticed how few lightning bugs (fireflies) there are now? How about Bald & Golden eagles in the Pittsburgh area? How are the bird counts going? And ... what's up on the moon and stars that are in our sky right now? Dr Scott has covered all of these in just this past summer... along with poisonous caterpillars (yech, give me a good old honest black snake any day.)

Enjoy

23 things week 879

I have been playing with Mozilla on my home computer where I can add and delete all sorts of "tabs." I am very much in love with the "clip" (cutting selected text then saving it, or whatever.)
The rest of it is fine, but I don't have to think with the good old Explorer and right at the moment speed is the name of the game. Once I play with Mozilla more I will be able to judge it better.
Clusty (my favorite re-search engine) works beautifully in both, so .... for now I stay with Explorer but am looking forward to vacation time and playing more with Mozilla. (Sounds obscene doesn't it!)
I am ready for it -- What is next ...???

Here is one of my all time favorite authors -- Not one of the greats that will live forever, just one of the funniest men that ever grew-up on a farm/suburbs. His book "They shoot canoes don't they" is one of the funniest I have ever read, but then "Skunk Ladders" is also great, and so is "Camping from aaauugh to zzzzzd" Some of the best set of words put to paper is his "First deer" vignette. Unfortunately or fortunately I do know all of his "buddies", Stretch Sweeney, Rancid Crabtree, The Troll, etc. and Strange ... Oh, if you ever need a pick me up read one of his books.... But NOT at night -- You will wake up your family laughing in your dreams!!

Facebook week 8

I updated an old (unused) Facebook account and, as Mary Poppins would say, "spit-spot" several of my genealogy world friends "friended" me. Several of the genealogy database sites have "Facebook" accounts linked to their data. One of the most popular is "We're related." I just learned of a new one "Word Press" and am going to investigate at lunch today.
The question is -- Why do we need all these electronic ways to publish ourselves? What is so wrong with sitting down and talking face to face? The Teens will sit at computers and text the person sitting next to them. Why do people feel others are interested in their lives so much that they have to "Twitter" what they are eating?
Don't get me wrong, I do understand that there are good solid reasons for these "services" but I am very afraid that humans will not be able to maintain human contact any more, that everything will be remote and through electronic devices.
Enough reflection and rant -- back to reality and lunch!

Lonely John

This joke has so completely summed up the Library Life of today. Hope you enjoy it!

Lonely John
John was lonely and so he decided life would be much more fun if he had a pet. He went to the pet store and told the shop owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede, which came in a little white box to use for his house. John took the box home, found a good location for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to the bar for a drink. So he asked the centipede in the box, "Would you like to go to Frank's place with me and have a beer?"
Silence; there was no answer from his new pet. This bothered him a bit, waited a few minutes, and then asked him again, "How about going to the bar and having a beer with me?"
Again, there was no answer, nothing but silence came from his new friend and pet. So, he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation. He decided to ask him one more time. This time, putting his face up against the centipede's house and shouting as loud as he could, "Hey, in there! Would you like to go to Frank's Place and have a beer with me?"
(YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS)
A little voice came out of the box: “I heard you the first time! I'm putting my shoes on! "

So, while we wait for the "Gov." to put his shoes on we must go to Frank's Place on our own ... again! :)

I haven't dropped out -- just life interfering. My brother-in-law (one of the world's best men) was hospitalized with very serious heart condition and everything took a backseat. But he is home and gaining his health back every day. I can not wait for him to start annoying my sister again. I will know everything is "normal" then.
In the mean time I have downloaded a audio book to my brand new iPod Touch (cool beans!)
I do love listening to BOCDs when I am on a road trip or just as background while I am working.
Sure beats talk radio!
In my genealogy I am an "expert" with Ancestry (use it at least 2 million times a day) so I used CQ Researcher and Statistical Abstracts, both of which I used years ago in hard copy. Most on-line databases are fairly easy to use but when it comes to fiction --- I do love turning the pages in a book. Beside that, it is hard to hold a computer over your head when you are lying on you back in bed or better yet on the beach. Somehow a book falling on your nose (when you doze off) is so much better than a "laptop" becoming a "nose-top!"

Wiki

Okay, I am once again adding to my blog about the 23 things.
So far I am enjoying the Delicious account and have been using the RSS feeds on my igoogle account for ages. I have been the creator/administrator of 4 wikis for years now, and add to several blogs. But I still see no reason for my own blog ... who knows it may come in handy later.

RSS feeds

Wow, I have had an igoogle homepage on my laptop for years. It is perfect for traveling to other libraries, research centers and cemeteries keeping all the best of bookmarks, and keeping up with the Pittsburgh news as well as world news. All this time I was using RSS feeds and never knew it! It is soooo simple.
You were correct when you said it was adictive. I will have to check my igoogle page more often, I added a few more.
Well, my laptop and I are off to Harrisburg for some research. I will be in the PA State Museum and Archives and hope to get into the darkened State Library ...

23 things

http://23thingsnat.blogspot.com

Well, here is my first self created blog.
Easy, "fun" but what the heck am I going to use it for -- I already am the caretaker for 4 wiki.
Oh well ...
Maybe I can open it for people to add their favorite genealogy web sites.
This is a possibility, I'll mull it over.
Lesle

Drat, it thinks I can't spell my own name!